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In judging quite young stock proportion or symmetry 

 cannot be taken much into account, because the kid that is 

 going to make a big goat is generally, like a puppy, of 

 ungainly appearance, " all legs and wings," as it is often 

 described. This is well shown in the illustration of 

 Grey Rock (Fig. 39), the largest male of his day. At 

 the time the photograph was taken he was a kid of six 



Fig- 39- Baroness Burdett-Coutts's Champion Anglo-Nubian Stud- 

 Goat Grey Rock as a kid of six months. First prize Male Kid 

 Class, Dairy Show, 1898. 



months, and I well remember his ungainly, though 

 promising, appearance when winning first prize in the kid 

 class at Tunbridge Wells, in 1898, the first of his many 

 honours. In a kid, length and depth of body, well- 

 rounded ribs, plenty of bone, and a neat head are, as 

 in a fully-grown goat, points which are sought for. A 

 "pretty " kid, however pleasing to the eye, is not neces- 



